Saturday, April 24, 2010

Tiny Distraction

As some of you know I have an insatiable obsession with miniature things. Perhaps it is because I wish my hips would make themselves a little more minute. When I combine my love for crafts and tiny things, I have the perfect recipe for avoiding any binge-eating disaster. Here is a picture of the quail egg that I gave to my mom for Easter. It stands about 3/4 inches. Sorry about the blurry image--in my dejunking I have misplaced my camera so I had to use my video camera and extract pictures from the moving image.

Now for my latest snacking-stopper: homemade clothes for my calico critters, AHH--way too cute and fun, I get all giddy just thinking about it. I opened a few of the critters in front of my daughter purposefully and she sat beside me (well actually scavenged through my craft goodies) while I worked on little outfits. I took the little figures and used them as models for creating patterns, and when I would set one down to grab material, she would snatch it like a hawk. "No no, mommy gets to keep these until you poop in the toilet," I said. Pooping has been a real struggle, and the makeup bribery simply didn't do the trick, but when I told her she could HAVE these animals once she pooped, she was suddenly very motivated. "And when I go poo-poo in the big-girl potty, I can have the baby kitty, Huh Mommy?" She said with bright eyes. I said yes. So here is what I have come up with so far: a ballerina princess outfit for the "child" kitty, and a dress for the "adult" bear. Again, sorry for the fuzzy images. I placed the spice container in the frame so you could see the scale. When I perfect my methods, I plan to sell the clothes on eBay. I also have a blue version of the ballerina princess. Who needs to diet when you can spend hours working on tiny little treasures. No thinking of food means no eating of food--perfect tiny distraction.

7 comments:

  1. REALLY CUTE! I think you will definitely be able to make a profit on those. Calico Critters are SO CUTE!! I'm Jealous

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  2. Oh my goodness!!! Those are AMAZING!!! You're clothes are INCREDIBLE!! You are going to be RICH! I love them, you were so right, totally worth it!

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  3. good job! Oh, and good luck with the potty training thing. It is a miserable thing to do!

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  4. So cute! Do you sew them by hand? or machine? or just glue? That is so tiny and looks difficult to work with. You are very talented and creative!

    I made some American Girl clothes once, but after all the time and stress it took me - decided it was not really worth it since I didn't really enjoy it.

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  5. Bina,
    Those are ADORABLE!!!!!!! I tried to call but you didn't answer. Allie is lucky her Mom likes pretty little stuff like this.
    Keep up the good work!!! I am starting a diet and I really really need a distraction. It is so hard not to think about food. I just love it so much!

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  6. Wow--so cute!!! I love the ballerina dress.

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